MCMC-based posterior independence approximation for RFS multitarget particle filters

The objective of this paper is to approximate the unlabelled posterior random finite set (RFS) density in multitarget tracking (MTT) using particle filters (PFs). The unlabelled posterior can be equivalently represented by any labelled density that belongs to the posterior RFS family. For the limite...

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Main Authors: García-Fernández, A., Vo, Ba-Ngu, Vo, Ba Tuong
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17146
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author García-Fernández, A.
Vo, Ba-Ngu
Vo, Ba Tuong
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Vo, Ba-Ngu
Vo, Ba Tuong
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description The objective of this paper is to approximate the unlabelled posterior random finite set (RFS) density in multitarget tracking (MTT) using particle filters (PFs). The unlabelled posterior can be equivalently represented by any labelled density that belongs to the posterior RFS family. For the limited number of particles used in practice, PFs that assume posterior independence among target states outperform those without it. Consequently, we can improve the PF approximation by aiming at the labelled density within the posterior RFS family whose target states are as independent as possible. In this paper, we focus on the case of fixed and known number of targets and propose an algorithm based on Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) that pursues this aim. This algorithm can be added to any PF with posterior independence assumption.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-171462017-05-30T08:01:05Z MCMC-based posterior independence approximation for RFS multitarget particle filters García-Fernández, A. Vo, Ba-Ngu Vo, Ba Tuong The objective of this paper is to approximate the unlabelled posterior random finite set (RFS) density in multitarget tracking (MTT) using particle filters (PFs). The unlabelled posterior can be equivalently represented by any labelled density that belongs to the posterior RFS family. For the limited number of particles used in practice, PFs that assume posterior independence among target states outperform those without it. Consequently, we can improve the PF approximation by aiming at the labelled density within the posterior RFS family whose target states are as independent as possible. In this paper, we focus on the case of fixed and known number of targets and propose an algorithm based on Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) that pursues this aim. This algorithm can be added to any PF with posterior independence assumption. 2014 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17146 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. restricted
spellingShingle García-Fernández, A.
Vo, Ba-Ngu
Vo, Ba Tuong
MCMC-based posterior independence approximation for RFS multitarget particle filters
title MCMC-based posterior independence approximation for RFS multitarget particle filters
title_full MCMC-based posterior independence approximation for RFS multitarget particle filters
title_fullStr MCMC-based posterior independence approximation for RFS multitarget particle filters
title_full_unstemmed MCMC-based posterior independence approximation for RFS multitarget particle filters
title_short MCMC-based posterior independence approximation for RFS multitarget particle filters
title_sort mcmc-based posterior independence approximation for rfs multitarget particle filters
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17146